--Bruce Stallsmith
along the tropical Tennessee
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>From: "Chris S." <chris.h2o-in-att.net>
>Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
>Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- Habitat questions and more fish pictures
>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:19:35 -0500
>
>I'm new to this list and will probably just lurk for the most part.
>Interest in native species of fish in the rivers and creeks of Alabama is
>what brought me here...and my children always asking "what kind of ___ is
>that"? I'm a big whitewater canoer so am frequently on the rivers and
>creeks. I've been working on an aquarium for a couple years now and came
>across Nanfa.
>
>Anyway, my first thought on the water flowing into the creek attracting the
>minnows was maybe it has a higher dissolved Oxygen concentration. I'm
>sorry
>to say that the majority of tributaries to our rivers,-in-least around
>Birmingham, would be more likely to repel fish and other aquatic life.
>
>I appreciate all the pictures and descriptions I've seen so far...I have a
>lot to learn.
>
>Chris
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